Activists in Kansas City are using the world’s focus on soccer to highlight workers’ rights, social inequities and safety concerns for immigrants in the cities where the games are being played.
Immigration
Posted inImmigration
Undocumented Kansas high school graduates find themselves increasingly targeted
Kansas could be the next state sued for its in-state tuition program for undocumented students.
Posted inImmigration
Shackled immigrants targeted for deportation are being flown in and out of Kansas City International Airport
Chartered flights at KCI are playing a growing role in immigration enforcement as more detainees are transported around and out of the country.
Posted inImmigration
Platform Ventures got Port KC tax incentives to build a warehouse. Now they’re selling it to ICE
Platform Ventures pitched a warehouse development as a job creator for south Kansas City. Port KC is concerned that a sale to ICE would undermine job growth in the area.
Posted inImmigration
With no-masks proposal, Jackson County joins push to restrain ICE
The Department of Homeland Security insists masking protects federal law enforcement from doxing and physical attacks.
Posted inImmigration
Afghan man who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban ordered released from ICE detention in Missouri
Mohammad Ali Dadfar will reunite with his wife and children after his release from a Springfield, Missouri, jail that is contracting with the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted inImmigration
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban now held by ICE in Missouri
A Kansas City-based immigration attorney has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention. Hundreds of immigrant detainees have been ordered released because the government failed to honor a 2022 consent decree regarding warrantless arrests.
Posted inImmigration
Federal judge rules against ICE in the warrantless arrests of 11 Liberty restaurant workers
Case challenged Trump administration’s mass deportation tactics. Workers are now free on bond.
Posted inHousing
For Latinos, the American Dream hinges on getting a mortgage
Latinos are expected to be 70% of net new homeowners in the U.S. by 2040. Local programs are designed to help increase Latino homeownership.
Posted inImmigration
Refugees could lose SNAP benefits any day. Then health care will go away
New federal legislation has changed who qualifies for food stamps and health care benefits like Medicaid. Refugees and asylees don’t.